Shun SFJ leaders: SKM to farmers

Sonepat, July 17

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Farmers are gearing up for a protest outside Parliament during the monsoon session from July 22 to demand the scrapping of the contentious agri laws and for a legal guarantee on MSP.

Recently, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) had issued a voters’ whip to all Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members demanding that they raise the concerns of the protesting farmers in the monsoon session.

The SKM has issued guidelines to the farmer unions for a peaceful protest march. Besides, the farmers have been requested to keep a distance from the Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) and its leaders.

As per information, a contingent of 22 states would participate in the protest and only a delegation of 200 farmers would be allowed to go towards Parliament.

Following the instructions, farmer leaders from Haryana and Punjab have started the scrutiny of their supporters and began the exercise to collect their Aadhaar cards and photos for issuing ID cards.

Harinder Singh Lakhowal, general secretary, BKU (Lakhowal), said the SKM had asked all farmer unions to submit the list of farmers, who would be participating in the protest, by Sunday afternoon. — TNS